Haiti Marycare works with local partners to
improve lives through child and family health programs, education, and community
development.

Our
Activities

Haiti Marycare's efforts are concentrated in
the isolated fishing village of Jacquesyl, located on Haiti's northeast coast between
Cap Haitien and Fort Liberty, and in Cite Soleil, the poorest of the slums in
the capitol, Port-au-Prince. We have been active in Haiti since 1994,
addressing three areas:

Child and Family Health. Our
health services focus on prenatal and childbirth care and on the prevention and treatment
of infectious diseases, including
HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Education. We support preschool and primary
school education for all children, as well as educational and economic opportunities
and gender equality for girls and women.

Community development. We
promote quality of life by providing clean drinking water, encouraging ecological
preservation of land and sea, supporting improvements to subsistence farming and fishing, and
cultivating Haitian arts, music, and culture.

Our
Approach

We come first to observe, listen, and learn
from the community as they describe their most urgent needs, then to reflect
with them to discern the action required to meet those needs, and finally, to
work together with mutual respect to achieve integrated health, education, and
community development goals.